Ghana has a rich indigenous culture. Culturally, the people of Ghana have many affinities with their French speaking neighbours, but each ethnic group has distinctive cultural attributes. In all parts of the country the cultural heritage is closely linked with religion and the institution of chieftaincy.

IT is worthy of note that the founding fathers of KWABEN in the Akyem Abuakwa traditional area, originally lived at Adanse Kokobiante near the Sebenso River under the overall leadership of Kuntunkrunku.

Next Sunday, March 27 is the 49th Annual World Theatre Day (WTD) and theatres, individual artists, institutions and audiences around the globe are planning a variety of activities to celebrate the day.

THE Minister for Chieftaincy Affairs, Mr. Alex Asum- Mensah, has said chiefs and the clergy should regard themselves as partners in development and should initiate development projects to complement efforts of government in running the state.

ORAL tradition has it that the founding fathers of AWUTU in the Central Region, migrated from inland along the Volta River, till they reached the seashore, trekking westwards. They halted at a place called Awutu Ampi (Awutu Rocks) sometimes described as Bleku Abo (le. Sky-god Bleku’s Rock), about eleven miles west of Accra, which today forms the boundary-line between Accra and Awutu, popularly called MILE ELEVEN.

CHIEFS are traditional rulers who preside over the people in communities. While some are elected others accede by inheritance as prescribed by the customs of the communities. In their palaces are traditional courts where local disputes and other cases are adjudicated to ensure the prevalence of peace and tranquility.

SITUATED 165 km west of Accra on the Gulf of Guinea with an estimated population of over 70,000 is Cape Coast, the capital of the Central Region of Ghana. which is also considered the citadel of the Fanti people.

KWAME Sanaa-Poku Jantuah, in a previous name incarnation, John Ernest Jantuah, was an intriguing political player and diplomat. The youngest in Kwame Nkrumah’s First All African cabinet in 1954, he was, until his death in February 2011, at 89 years, the only survivor. His political life was both settled and unsettled; settled in the sense that he lived Nkrumaism to its full meaning. The unsettled part was that he also saw its disintegration in its internal ideological cleavages; with a future direction still unknown.

The Deputy Registrar of the Zenith University College in Accra, Mr. Thomas Kyere has been installed the Kronitihene of Kato, near Berekum in the Brong Ahafo Region under the stool name Nana Kyere Gyeabour II.

GOETHE-INSTITUT, the German Cultural Centre of the federal Republic of Germany started operation in Ghana in 1961 and the plans have been drawn up for a 50th anniversary celebration on the theme The Past , Present & Future of making a Difference.

THE story of banished women in Ghana has caught the ear of the international community, leading to some well-meaning interventions, one of which is spearheaded by the ‘Southern Sector Youth and Women’s Empowerment Network’ (SOSYWEN).

The National Theatre in Accra donated early this week with, songs, humorous prologues and tradition as the Lost Fisherman, the first ever Ghanaian opera, was reenacted by the Saka Acquaye Memorial Theatre Group.

THE Yeji Traditional Area is about 48 kilometres north of Atebubu in Brong Ahafo Region and it occupies the lands between the Pra and Volta Rivers suitable for both tilling and human habitation. The capital of the State is Yeji town located about 2kilometres from the bank of the Volta which forms the natural boundary between Yeji and East Gonja District of Salaga.

Sir Charles Arden-Clarke, the last Governor of the Gold Coast, awoke up on the morning of 9th February 1951, at his headquarters at Christiansborg Castle- a seventeenth century slaving fort, from where British governors had ruled the Gold coast for fifty years, to be confronted by the most difficult decision of his career.

ALHAJI Mohammed Bello, 45 year old proprietor of Chief Bello International School (CHIBSCO) at Zenu in the Ashaiman municipality, was last Sunday in­stalled as the first Zenu Zongo chief at a colourful ceremony held here at the Lazio Park.

I ABSOLUTELY agree with the cultural belief that the dead must e given a decent send-off. After all we welcome the living to this would in style through ‘outdooring’ ceremonies so why not see the dead off as well? What puzzles me, however, is why the good news of an ‘outdooring’ is downplayed and the sad news of a departure is rather glamorized with all the expenses that go with it these days.

Blakk Rasta made Tourism ambassador for Zimbabwe
– The honour comes after Blakk Rasta performed at Mugabe’s 92nd birthday
– Blakk Rasta is expected to be honoured at a grand event by Mr. Mugabe later this weeek...more

The tourism industry stands as Ghana’s fourth largest foreign exchange earner after Cocoa, Gold and Oil & Gas, achieved the target of one million tourist arrivals and is expected to improve on these numbers to generate more revenue for the country....more

Raj Multimedia in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, has launches the Ghana international Tourism fair with the aim to rejuvenate tourism and recreating the concept of Ghanaian culture Art and others....more

The world of African culture is rooted in religious paradigm because for the African mind religion or spiritual dimension is the source of both identity and meaning. This means that religion or spiritual dimension.......more

Food is central to human life regardless of where you are in the world. The Ghanaian cuisine is very much influenced by the natural possessions and surroundings of Ghana and by the local climate of the country......more

Every individual craves to be accepted as a member of a cultural group. Inevitably, every one belongs to one group or the other and is easily identified as a member of the group when he conforms to a particular way of life.......more

Laws are established to protect the citizens of particular groups of people. In other words, laws exist to protect the rights of the members of a society and to ensure that they do not have to protect...more

The Third Senior High Schools (SHS) Drama and Poetry Festival for schools in the Western Region have being held on 25th and 26th February, 2015 at the Theatre of the Centre at Fijai. The Drama was on the theme “Unearthing a New Generation of Artistes”...more

After weeks and months of various activities, a graduate of the University of Development Studies (UDS), Wa Campus, Bentie Abigail Baciara, has been crowned winner of TV3’s Ghana’s Most Beautiful VIII......more

THIS essay has been prompted by an introspection of Ghana’s fortunes since independence and the celebration of the Jubilee this year. The writer seeks to answer the question why there appears to be “something missing” somewhere in the scheme of affairs in Ghana’s development....more

Dr (Mrs.) Susan de-Graft Johnson (Nee Ofori-Atta) was one of the three children Nana Sir Ofori-Atta I, the Okyenhene and Paramount Chief of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area, had with Nana Akosua Duodu....more